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Volume 62 Issue 60 ( V Monday, April! 0, 2000 The IGNPOST w B E R TAT U N I V R T Y POST Participants in WSU's Wellness Conference received a lesson in Tae Bo. Page 5 Leona Naess' newly released CD has average appeal. Page 8 WSU's track and field team played host at Wildcat Invitational Saturday. - Page 1 2 tmln Urn What does summer hold for you? Read Wednesday's Features section to find out the summer vacation hot spots. Today -KHih:70 Low: 41 Partly cloudy Tuesday AXK Hih: 71 Low: 42 Partly cloudy Wednesday m High: 72 U Low: 43 Partly cloudy Source: www.weather.com U3 I I' Lwiiiw.weDer.eilusignposLl (SinrDinnHininiHtls7 ireoinieiniDDixsErs XIsBOaBOsciosQ Remembrance Week comes to close By Tanna Barry news editor-Tie Signpost It was designed to remind people about the Holocaust and to teach them about forgiveness. "In order to prevent resurgence of the racial or ethnic hatred today, it's important to remember," said Oliver Griffin, history professor and member of the Weber State University 2000 Holocaust Commemoration Week planning committee. Griffin said not only do people need to remember the Holocaust, they also need to analyze and explain the information. Knowing about the past is important when making informed de Holocaust survivor shares story with packed Wildcat Theater By Tanna Barry news editor-The Signpost Students study the Holocaust in their history classes, but Noemi Ban survived it. "It was the most horrible time in my life," she said. Ban, at age 19, was sent to Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration camp. She survived the ordeal, but It was the last time she saw her grandmother, mother, sister and baby brother. Now, more than 50 years later, Ban recounts her experiences to audiences across the United States. She visited Weber State University Thursday as part of Let the games .if' i f t Liz Alley (abow), Chrisann Humphres (bottom left) and Emily Shuman (bottom right) kick off Creek Week Saturday morning with street painting. For more, see page 4. cisions, he said. More than 10 million people died during the Holocaust, with at least 5 million to 6 million being Jewish. Griffin said that his number is even a "conservative estimate." "It is difficult to say because there are no accurate records," he said. "But the numbers are staggering." Griffin said there were six main extermination camps: Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, " Chelmno and Auschwitz. He talked about how physicians would examine the Jewish people as they were being unloaded from trains. They would make the decisions there whether they were to die immediately see Week page 3 Holocaust Remembrance Week. Nearly every seat in the Wildcat Theater was filled. WSU President Paul H. Thompson referred to Holocaust Remembrance Week as an important event, both on campus and in the community. "Part of education is learning about history," Thompson said, "both the positive and the negative."Ban's speech moved audience members to laugh at moments, and to cry at others. She took the audience back to Austria in the 1940s. Ban spoke about the yellow stars the Jewish people were forced to wear over their hearts. "We had to pay for the star and begin! 2 Students, faculty and community members participated in a candlelight vigil Thursday evening as part of Holocaust Remembrance WeeAr. wear it," Ban said. "It was embarrassing."Her family felt something terrible was happening, she said. The Jewish people had already been moved to a ghetto, she said, but it was only the beginning. Shortly, they were moved to a factory where they "suffered for 10 days." Eighty-five people were crammed into each "cattle car," a car on a train, for an eight-day journey to Auschwitz. When the individuals exited the train, they were separated into two lines. She and her family were put into opposite lines. "That was the last time I saw them," Ban said. Ban and the others in her line see HlOaJor, career choice slioEd reuolue aEroyod personality By Deanne W. Chaston senior news reporter-The Signpost A real estate broker making $200,000 annually came into Larry Henson's office telling him he couldn't stand his Job. The broker was not any different than the head nurses making $50,000 annually who had come with the same tale. "They couldn't stand their Jobs," said Henson, an employment specialist and career counselor for the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Weber State University, "iryou go into a career for the money, you will eventually be back in college looking for something else to do." A good career choice is centered not on salary but Survivor page 3 Noemi Ban PART ONE on the match between a person's personality and his or her Job, said Henson and other counselors in Career Services on campus. "People burn out because their personalities don't match their Jobs," said Dick Lambert, another employment specialist and a career counselor for the College of Education. "I am convinced that people work harder, come to work on time and put In more hours if they build their career around their personality." To find a student's per MAJOR CHOICES - 5 ( 'J- - rji speaks about forgiveness. sonality, WSU career counselors use tests that assess a student's values, interests and abilities. Such tests are implemented in Child & Family Studies course 2900, Career and Life Planning, a class that uses a seven-step approach to guide students in career selection, which is not the same as selecting a major. "We don't emphasize choosing a major," Henson said. "We emphasize career choice, which makes choosing a major that much easier." Lambert agreed. "Choose a career first before deciding on a major." The class and several counselors at Career Services here on campus don't emphasize choosing only one career. "Because you need good alternatives, we encourage students to have between see Major page 14 1 - ' f - - s - J

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Volume 62 Issue 60 ( V Monday, April! 0, 2000 The IGNPOST w B E R TAT U N I V R T Y POST Participants in WSU's Wellness Conference received a lesson in Tae Bo. Page 5 Leona Naess' newly released CD has average appeal. Page 8 WSU's track and field team played host at Wildcat Invitational Saturday. - Page 1 2 tmln Urn What does summer hold for you? Read Wednesday's Features section to find out the summer vacation hot spots. Today -KHih:70 Low: 41 Partly cloudy Tuesday AXK Hih: 71 Low: 42 Partly cloudy Wednesday m High: 72 U Low: 43 Partly cloudy Source: www.weather.com U3 I I' Lwiiiw.weDer.eilusignposLl (SinrDinnHininiHtls7 ireoinieiniDDixsErs XIsBOaBOsciosQ Remembrance Week comes to close By Tanna Barry news editor-Tie Signpost It was designed to remind people about the Holocaust and to teach them about forgiveness. "In order to prevent resurgence of the racial or ethnic hatred today, it's important to remember," said Oliver Griffin, history professor and member of the Weber State University 2000 Holocaust Commemoration Week planning committee. Griffin said not only do people need to remember the Holocaust, they also need to analyze and explain the information. Knowing about the past is important when making informed de Holocaust survivor shares story with packed Wildcat Theater By Tanna Barry news editor-The Signpost Students study the Holocaust in their history classes, but Noemi Ban survived it. "It was the most horrible time in my life," she said. Ban, at age 19, was sent to Auschwitz, a Nazi concentration camp. She survived the ordeal, but It was the last time she saw her grandmother, mother, sister and baby brother. Now, more than 50 years later, Ban recounts her experiences to audiences across the United States. She visited Weber State University Thursday as part of Let the games .if' i f t Liz Alley (abow), Chrisann Humphres (bottom left) and Emily Shuman (bottom right) kick off Creek Week Saturday morning with street painting. For more, see page 4. cisions, he said. More than 10 million people died during the Holocaust, with at least 5 million to 6 million being Jewish. Griffin said that his number is even a "conservative estimate." "It is difficult to say because there are no accurate records," he said. "But the numbers are staggering." Griffin said there were six main extermination camps: Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, " Chelmno and Auschwitz. He talked about how physicians would examine the Jewish people as they were being unloaded from trains. They would make the decisions there whether they were to die immediately see Week page 3 Holocaust Remembrance Week. Nearly every seat in the Wildcat Theater was filled. WSU President Paul H. Thompson referred to Holocaust Remembrance Week as an important event, both on campus and in the community. "Part of education is learning about history," Thompson said, "both the positive and the negative."Ban's speech moved audience members to laugh at moments, and to cry at others. She took the audience back to Austria in the 1940s. Ban spoke about the yellow stars the Jewish people were forced to wear over their hearts. "We had to pay for the star and begin! 2 Students, faculty and community members participated in a candlelight vigil Thursday evening as part of Holocaust Remembrance WeeAr. wear it," Ban said. "It was embarrassing."Her family felt something terrible was happening, she said. The Jewish people had already been moved to a ghetto, she said, but it was only the beginning. Shortly, they were moved to a factory where they "suffered for 10 days." Eighty-five people were crammed into each "cattle car," a car on a train, for an eight-day journey to Auschwitz. When the individuals exited the train, they were separated into two lines. She and her family were put into opposite lines. "That was the last time I saw them," Ban said. Ban and the others in her line see HlOaJor, career choice slioEd reuolue aEroyod personality By Deanne W. Chaston senior news reporter-The Signpost A real estate broker making $200,000 annually came into Larry Henson's office telling him he couldn't stand his Job. The broker was not any different than the head nurses making $50,000 annually who had come with the same tale. "They couldn't stand their Jobs," said Henson, an employment specialist and career counselor for the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Weber State University, "iryou go into a career for the money, you will eventually be back in college looking for something else to do." A good career choice is centered not on salary but Survivor page 3 Noemi Ban PART ONE on the match between a person's personality and his or her Job, said Henson and other counselors in Career Services on campus. "People burn out because their personalities don't match their Jobs," said Dick Lambert, another employment specialist and a career counselor for the College of Education. "I am convinced that people work harder, come to work on time and put In more hours if they build their career around their personality." To find a student's per MAJOR CHOICES - 5 ( 'J- - rji speaks about forgiveness. sonality, WSU career counselors use tests that assess a student's values, interests and abilities. Such tests are implemented in Child & Family Studies course 2900, Career and Life Planning, a class that uses a seven-step approach to guide students in career selection, which is not the same as selecting a major. "We don't emphasize choosing a major," Henson said. "We emphasize career choice, which makes choosing a major that much easier." Lambert agreed. "Choose a career first before deciding on a major." The class and several counselors at Career Services here on campus don't emphasize choosing only one career. "Because you need good alternatives, we encourage students to have between see Major page 14 1 - ' f - - s - J